...nearer to the earth Wheels her pale course : they on their mirth and dance Intent, with jocund music charm his ear; At once with joy and fear his heart rebounds." We can only give another instance ; though we have some difficulty in leaving off. " What a pity,"...

...nearer to the earth 785 Wheels her pale course ; they on their mirth and dance Intent, with jocund music charm his ear ; At once with joy and fear his heart rebounds. Thus incorporeal spirits to smallest forms Reduc'd their shapes immense ; and were at large, 790 Though without number still amidst...

...nearer to the Earth Wheels her pale course : they, on their mirth and dance Intent, with jocond music charm his ear; At once with joy and fear his heart rebounds. Thus incorporeal Spirits to smallest forms Reduced their shapes immense, and were at large, Though without number still, amidst...

...nearer to the earth Wheels her pale course; they on their mirth and dance Intent, with jocund music charm his ear. At once with joy and fear his heart rebounds." THE GRIFFIN, OR GRYPHON The Griffin is a monster with the body of a lion, the head and wings of an...

...nearer to the earth Wheels her pale course, they on their mirth and dance Intent, with jocund music charm his ear; At once with joy and fear his heart rebounds. I 781 In the 1 7th century it was not ridiculous for an educated person to half-believe in fairies...

...or fairy elves, Whofe mid-night revels, by a foreft's fide, Or fountain, fome belated peafant fees, Or dreams he fees, while over-head the moon Sits arbitrefs, and nearer to the earth among our modern authors, and particularly is very much ufed by our writers of comedy. What fimile.is...

...neerer to the earth Wheels her pale course, they, on thir mirth and dance Intent, with jocond music charm his ear ; At once with joy and fear his heart rebounds." l The impression they made upon his imagination in early life appears from his " Vacation exercise,"...

...neerer to the Earth Wheels her pale course, they on thir mirth and dance Intent, with jocond Music charm his ear; At once with joy and fear his heart rebounds. This "belated peasant," in this passage reminiscent of Apollonius (IV. 1479) and Virgil (Aeneid VI....

...nearer to the earth Wheels her pale course, they on their mirth and dance Intent, with jocund music charm his ear; At once with joy and fear his heart rebounds. (Paradise Lost i.jj-j-88)30 The transformation of the rebel angels is at once unbelievable and true...

...nearer to the earth Wheels her pale course; they on their mirth and dance Intent, with jocund music charm his ear. At once with joy and fear his heart rebounds. THE GRIFFIN, OR GRYPHON The Griffin is a monster with the body of a lion, the head and wings of an...